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Estimating the Effect of Climate Change on Crop Yields and Farmland Values: The Importance of Extreme Temperatures

This is a presentation by Wolfram Schlenker of Columbia University and NBER about the predicted impact of temperatures above the critical threshold that are harmful for crop yields. This presentation was given for a seminar titled Estimating the Effect of Climate Change on Crop Yields and Farmland Values: The Importance of Extreme Temperatures.

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Estimating the Effect of Climate Change on Crop Yields and Farmland Values: The Importance of Extreme Temperatures (PDF)(60 pp, 6 MB, 02/12/2008)